About The BookYour 2-in-1 Self-Paced Training Kit features official exam prep and practice for the skills measured by Exam 70-505.Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-505—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

Create the user interface, configuring controls at design or run time

Apply best practices for UI design

Access, query, bind, and display data

Enhance usability—MDIs, drag-and-drop, persistence, accessibility

Manage the print process

Use asynchronous methods to optimize UI responsiveness

Develop custom Windows Forms controls

Configure and deploy your application Assess your skills with the practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. Your kit includes:

Steven J. Stein, MCP, has been a programmer writer on the Microsoft Visual Studio team for eight years, where he develops documentation and code samples. He and Matt Stoecker also coauthored the SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT for Exam 70-526.

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